The playground
have aplaywith it.
Press meTOY_BENCH_01Everything on this page is a tiny working thing rather than a picture of one. This is how the bigger ideas usually start: something small that does one thing, made in an afternoon to see if it feels good.
pop a cloud, draw something silly
everything below actually works
The toy shelf
have a play
Everything here is a tiny working thing. Throw a word at the cloud, weigh up an idea, make a noise, draw something silly. That is how the bigger ideas start.
brainstorm cloud
Type anything that annoys you, interests you or won't leave you alone. The cloud throws four half-formed ideas back. Pop the ones you don't want.
idea calculator
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TestingWorth a rough prototype.
typing soundboard
0 words, typed in typewriter.
sound pad
Six notes, no rules. My Melodies started as something almost exactly this size.
doodle pad
New in the playground
fortune receipt
Press the button and the studio till prints you a tiny absurd receipt. Today's purchase: one reckless idea, two cups of tea, zero permission.
press me →
Also new
idea vending machine
Choose a category, pull the lever, and it spits out a weird little prompt to build.
pull it →
Also new
tiny desk drawer
Six drawers nobody has emptied since about 2014. Open one and find a note, a stamp, a key that fits nothing, a little sound, an unfinished idea.
have a rummage →
Also new
museum label generator
Type in any everyday object and the studio museum gives it a ridiculously serious gallery caption, date and accession number.
please do not touch →
Also new
mini typewriter
Type a sentence and watch it land on a little sheet of paper, one clacky letter at a time. Tear the sheet off when it's right.
clack clack ding →
The analog bench
press the buttons
Old media that still works. Spin the record, roll the tape, drop a disc in, put the headphones on, and leave me a postcard while you're here.
everything here actually moves
the record
press the record to play
the mixtape
press play, the spools really turn
the cd player
lift the lid, drop a disc in
the headphones
put them on for a minute
the postcard
Playground rules